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Tak Sun Secondary School Report 2007 – 2008 Page 1

Tak Sun Secondary School School Annual Report

(2007/2008)

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Contents 1. School Vision & Mission……………………………………………………….. P.3

1.1 Our Vision P.3 1.2 Our Mission P.3

2. Our School………………………………………………………………………. P.4 2.1 Spirit and Philosophy of Education P.4 2.2 School Management P.4 2.3 Number of Active School Days P.5 2.4 Lesson Time for the 8 Key Learning Areas P.5

3. Our Teachers……………………………………………………………………. P.6 3.1 Teachers’ Qualification P.6 3.2 Teachers’ IT Competency P.6 3.3 Teachers’ Experience P.7 3.4 Teachers’ Professional Development P.7 3.5 Staff Turnover Rate P.7

4. Our Students……………………………………………………………………. P.8 4.1 Class Organization P.8 4.2 Students’ Attendance P.8 4.3 Students’ Early Exit P.8

5. Performance of Students……………………………………………………….. P.9 5.1 Destination of Exit Students P.9 5.2 HKALE P.10 5.3 HKCEE P.10 5.4 Students’ Reading Habit P.10 5.5 Student Participation in the Inter-school Events and Uniform Groups P.11

5.5.1 Inter-school Events P.11 5.5.2 Uniform Groups P.11 5.5.3 Participation Rates P.11

5.6 Inter-school Activities and Prizes Won in the Past 3 Years P.12 5.7 Major Social Services P.18

6. Major Concerns (Achievements and Reflection)……………………………... P.19 6.1 To provide a Quality Education that strengthens students’

academic performance and character formation P.19 6.2 To enhance teachers’ professionalism for the delivery of a

Quality Education P.20 6.3 To enable parents as the primary educators of their children in

partnership with the school for the achievement of a Quality Education P.21 7. Financial Summary…………………………………………………………….. P.22 8. Key Issues for the new School Annual Plan…………………………………… P.22

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1. School Vision & Mission

1.1 Our Vision

Tak Sun Secondary School is founded on Catholic Christian values with an aim to offer a

whole person education to students. Our holistic educational approach encompasses the intellectual, moral, aesthetic, physical, social and spiritual components.

The school envisions students who are trained in life-long learning. To accomplish this, the

school, the parents, and the teachers consider it of utmost importance to train its students to be men of character, building their lives on a platform of values and virtues. These men of character will be characterised by clarity of thought and direction (prudence), steadfast will (fortitude), self-mastery (temperance), a selfless desire to serve the common good of society (justice), cultivated in an atmosphere of optimism and joy.

The school vision calls for greater involvement of parents in the education of their children,

a vision we share with other schools of the same inspiration all over the globe. We envision a partnership where the parents also grow and become better parents through parent education. 1.2 Our Mission

Inspired by Catholic Christian ideals, we provide a demanding, balanced formation to our

students so that they accomplish their full potential, as well as grow to be upright and responsible men, developing all their talents in a spirit of service to others. We strive to strengthen and unite the family, enabling parents to exercise their duties as primary educators of their children, with the school and the community as their active partners.

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2. Our School

2.1 Spirit and Philosophy of Education

The spirit of our school (and the other Tak Sun schools) is drawn from the life and teachings

of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, a priest and founder of Opus Dei (www.opusdei.org), a personal Prelature of the Catholic Church, that helps ordinary lay people seek holiness in and through their everyday activities, especially in work well done.

In the school, this means giving students an all-round formation by working closely with the

parents, whom Saint Josemaría Escrivá (www.escrivaworks.org) said are the primary educators of their children. He also encouraged the development of a tutorial system through which a student acquires human virtues; especially initiative that balances freedom with responsibility.

2.2 School Management

Our school implemented school-based management in 2001 when the School Management

Committee (SMC) was established. The SMC is composed of four school managers appointed by the sponsoring body, the Supervisor and the Principal. In June 2007, the school set up the Incorporated Management Committee (IMC) so that different stakeholders can participate in the school management.

The main body responsible for the operations of the school is the Executive Office (EO),

which is comprised of the Supervisor, the Principal, the Vice Principal & Director of Academic Formation, the Director of Student Formation and the Director of Administration. It also holds Joint Executive Meetings with the chief parent representatives (the Chairperson and the two Chairpersons) of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) on major issues regarding the school plan, policies and development.

The EO is assisted by the Academic Formation Council (AFC), Student Formation Council

(SFC) and the Administration Council (ADC). The AFC, which formulating the policies regarding academic issues of the school, is made up of the Principal, the Vice-Principal, the Director of Curriculum Development and the subject stream masters. The SFC, which formulating the policies regarding student formation issues of the school, is made up of the Principal, the Vice-Principal, the Formation Level Directors, the Co-Curricular Activities Master, the Guidance and Disciplinary Affairs Master and the Moral, Pastoral and Spiritual Affairs Master.

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2.3 Number of Active School Days

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3. Our Teachers

3.1 Teachers’ Qualification

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3.3 Teachers’ Experience

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4. Our Students

4.1 Class Organization

2007-08 Level S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 Total

No. of Classes 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 29

Students 180 179 178 163 151 55 55 961

Total Enrolment 180 179 178 163 151 55 55 961

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5. Performance of Students 5.1 Destination of Exit Students

Form 7 Graduates

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5.2 HKALE

05/06 06/07 07/08

No. of students sat 54 58 55

% of students awarded the minimum entrance requirements for tertiary education 57.4% 60.3% 83.6%

5.3 HKCEE

05/06 06/07 07/08

No. of students sat 167 123 149

No. of students with 5E or above 64.1% 76.4% 73.2%

Best student result 7A 1B 3A 3B 4A 2B

* From 2007 onwards, 3E or above will be considered due to the change of the grading system in HKCEE

Chinese Language and English Language.

5.4 Students’ Reading Habit

Percentage of Students Borrowing Reading Materials form SchoolLibrary

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5.5 Student Participation in Inter-school Events and Uniform Groups 5.5.1 Inter-school Events

Inter-school Events

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Notes: Inter-school events include Music, Speech and Drama Festivals and inter-school/inter-port sports events organized by the HK Schools Sports Federation. 5.5.2 Uniform Groups

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5.5.3 Participation Rates

Activities 05/06 06/07 07/08

Inter-school sports events 47.3% 48.18% 46.10%

Music Festival 10.6% 11.70% 12.49%

Speech Festival 7.61% 7.51% 5.72%

Uniform Groups 4.23% 6.33% 8.32%

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5.6 Inter-school Activities and Prizes Won in the Past 3 Years

Award / Prize details Nature Name of

Competition / Organization 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 Hong Kong Secondary

Schools Visual Arts Creativity Competition - Photography category

Champion Champion

Mutsubishi Fuso Photo Shooting Contest for

Charity Champion

Conservation and Revitalization of Historic

Buildings Photo Competition

Merit Award

AIESEC Embrace Africa Glove Design Competition -

The Most Caring Award

The most creative award: 1st, Merit The most caring award: 2nd, 3rd, Merit

"Action Blue Sky" Photography Competition - Secondary School Section

Merit

Hong Kong Schools Bookmark Competition

Secondary School Section: Merit

Art

Joint Schools Model Glider Making Competition Award of Merit

Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Choir: 2nd ONE 2nd

TWO 3rd

ONE 1st TWO 2nd TWO 3rd Music Joint School concert

celebrating HKSAR 10th Anniversary

Participants

HKSSF Overall Championship (Shatin and

Sai Kung Area)

Boys’ section 4th Best Improvement Award

Boys’ section 4th

SportACT Award Scheme 72 Gold Awards 11 Silver Awards 33 Bronze Awards

128 Gold Awards

Hong Kong 5 on 5 Children Handball

Competition C-grade Handball

2nd C-grade Handball 1st

Hong Kong Aged Group Handball Competition C-grade Handball

2nd C-grade Handball 1st

AS Watson Group Hong Kong Student Sports Award ONE Winner

Hong Kong District Handball Elite Player Training Programme

HK District Elite Competition: 3rd

Sports

SCAA Hong Kong School Athletics Meet

A Grade: 4th in 5000m B Grade: 4th in 100m C Grade: 2nd in 1500m 6th in 100m

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Award / Prize details Nature Name of

Competition / Organization 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08

HKSSF Inter-school Athletics Competition

B Grade: 2nd in 1500m 2nd in 3000m

A Grade: 4th in overall (Boys) 3rd in 1500m 2nd in 5000m B Grade: 3rd in 3000m C Grade: 4th in overall (Boys) 2nd in 100m 3rd in 800m 2nd in Long Jump

A Grade: 8th in overall (Boys) 3rd in 800m B Grade: 6th in overall (Boys) 1st in High Jump 3rd in 100m C Grade: 6th in overall (Boys) 2nd in 200m 3rd in 100m 2nd in 4x100m relay

HKSSF Inter-school Cross Country Competition

Overall Individual: Champion

A Grade Individual: 3rd, 5th A Grade Group: 4th C Grade Individual: 5th C Grade Group: 5th

A Grade Individual: 6th, 7th A Grade Group: 3rd B Grade Individual: 9th B Grade Group: 4th C Grade Individual: 5th C Grade Group: 3rd

HKSSF Inter-school Swimming Competition

B Grade: 1st in 100m breaststroke1st in 200m breaststrokeC Grade: 3rd in 4x50 relay

B Grade: 3rd in 4x50m FS relay 2nd in 50m Free Style Merit in Overall C Grade: 1st in 50m backstroke

B Grade: 2nd in 4x50m FS relay 1st in 200 Medley 2nd in 100m backstroke4th in Overall C Grade: 1st in 100m backstroke

HKSSF Inter-school Handball Competition

C Grade: 3rd

B Grade: 2nd C Grade: 1st

B Grade: 1st C Grade: 1st

HKSSF Inter-school Football Competition

B Grade: 4th C Grade: 4th

B Grade: 4th

Sports

HKSSF Inter-school Distance Run Competition

A Grade Individual: 1st A Grade Group: 4th, 5th C Grade Individual: 2nd

A Grade Individual: 6th A Grade Group: 2nd B Grade Individual: 9th B Grade Group: 4th C Grade Individual: 6th, 9th C Grade Group: 3rd

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Award / Prize details Nature Name of

Competition / Organization 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08

HKSSF Inter-school Fencing Competition B Grade Boys’ Foil:

1st

A Grade Boys’ Epee: 1st C Grade Boys’ Sabre: 2nd Boys’ Foil: 3rd Boys’ Overall: 3rd

HKSSF Inter-school Table-tennis Competition C Grade:

4th

HKSSF HK Inter-secondary schools Gymnastics Competition

Boys’ Novice Vaulting:Merit Boys’ Floor Exercises:Merit in Final

Inter-school Hockey Invitational Tournament 3rd

Shatin District Youth Award Scheme Group B:

Merit

Beijing-Hong Kong Teenagers Handball

Competition - Boys' session Member in HK Youth

Team: 2nd place

Elite Youth Handball Player Overseas Training

programme Member

Ma On Shan Cup 8K Long Distance Run School session (Boys):

2nd School session (Boys):2nd, 3rd

Shum Shui Po Cross Country Competition

Junior Boys' Section: 5th, 6th Senior Boys' Section: 5th

6th, 8th

Duathlon Series Course B3 Boys 1993:1st

Hong Kong Boys’ Taekwondo Competition Group C Colour Belt:

2nd Southern District Beach

Run 1st

Diabetes Hong Kong Healthy Run 2008 6 Certificates

Shatin JPC Anti-Drug Table Tennis Competition Boys’ Junior:

4th Hong Kong Wushu

International Festival Boys’ Daoshu: 2nd

Kwai Tsing Cross Country Competition Senior Boys' Section:

3rd

Shatin Festival 10-km Long Distance Running

Competition 2nd, 6th

Join the Athletic – 4x100m Friendly Relay 2nd

Hong Kong Schools Taekwondo Competition Participation Award

Hong Kong Youth Handball Training Course

Competition 3rd

Sports

Shing Mun River Long Distance Run 2nd

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Award / Prize details Nature Name of

Competition / Organization 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 Karate Competition by HKIVE Lee Wai Lee

Karate Club ONE 2nd

Hong Kong Youth Cultural and Arts Competitions

Chinese Chess (junior form): 1st

Rose Bowl (Inter-school Bridge

Competition) 3rd in Qualifying section 6th in Qualifying section 4th in Qualifying section

Shatin District GO Competition 3rd

Sports

Hong Kong Go Highest Ranking Open Competition 4

th

Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival

TWO 1st THREE 2nd THREE 3rd ONE Special mention

ONE 1st THREE 2nd FOUR 3rd

FOUR 1st THREE 2nd ONE 3rd

NetShatin Project Winner Merit

Smoke-free Creative Work Writing Competition ONE Merit

My Dream Career Writing Competition 1st Honour Award

SCOLAR Debating Competition for Junior

Secondary Schools Best Debator

New Territories Joint School Chinese Debate

Competition Best Debator

“Zi You Bei” Hong Kong Secondary Schools Debate

Competition Best Debator

"Hong Kong Cup" Diplomatic Knowledge

Competition 2nd

i-learner e-English Programme Prize

Presentation Best Partner School

Metronews Reading Programme 48th

"Hong Kong Students’ view in Chinese Culture" Writing Competition

Certificate of Participation

Joint School Chinese Speech Competitions

F1 to F3 Section: Winner F6 to F7 Section Winner

Chinese Cultural Knowledge Quiz

Competition 2nd

Academic

Hong Kong Putonghua Pinyin competitions

Most active participation award TWO 1st ONE 2nd THREE 3rd

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Award / Prize details Nature Name of

Competition / Organization 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 Australian Mathematics

Competition THIRTEEN Credits

Hong Kong Youth Mathematics Elite

Selection Competition 3rd honour

Pui Ching Invitational Mathematics Competition TWO merits

Hong Kong Mathematically High

Achievers Selection Contest 3rd honour award

Gauss Mathematics Contest

Grade 7: ONE Distinction FOUR Merits Grade 8: ONE Distinction FIVE Merits

Hong Kong "Xi Wang Bei" Mathematics Contest THREE Merit awards

Hong Kong Olympiad in Informatics Silver Medal

Hong Kong Schools VISOLE Competition

2006 – Farmtasia Overall: 2nd Individual: Champion Merit Award King of the Blog Award King of the Farm Award

Enhancement Programme for exceptionally gifted

students TWO in Mathematics

ONE in Science

TWO in Mathematics TWO in Science ONE in Humanities

Hong Kong Birdman Competition Participation Award

Hong Kong and Macau Inter-school Straw

Competition Participation Award

Junior Achievement Business Programme Participation

EMB and HKUST Computer Programming Enrichment Programme

Certificate

EMB and HKUST Liberal Studies Education

Programme Certificate

Academic

City University of HK Project-based Outreach

Programme TEN students

The Sir Edward Youde Memorial Prizes for

secondary schools students ONE F5 student

ONE F6 student ONE F5 student ONE F6 student

Services Shatin Outstanding

Students Competition ONE student (10 in total)

Senior form: Participation Junior form: ONE student (10 in total)

Senior form: ONE student (10 in total)

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Award / Prize details Nature Name of

Competition / Organization 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08

Hong Kong Red Cross Youth of the Year ONE student

(10 in total) Think Again Leadership Development Programme Merit Award

“Hong Kong 200” Leader Project ONE student

(200 in total) ONE student (200 in total)

Enhancement Programme for exceptionally gifted

students ONE in Leadership TWO in Leadership

Grantham Scholars of the Year ONE student

(24 in total)

Henderson Land Group Scholarship ONE student

Inter-school Scouts Competition (Shatin North

District) 2nd, 3rd

Activist Association Summer Service

Programme Certificate of

Recognition

BGCA Service Learning – Liberal Studies Programme

Certificates to all F1 students

May Fourth Parade Participation

Services

National Education Centre Certificates to all F1 students

Certificates to all F1 students

Certificates to all F1 students

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5.7 Major Social Services

2007 – 2008 Flag Days for various organizations School-based Community Charity Day Dress Special Day by Hong Kong Community Chest Hong Kong Caritas Raffle Ticket Sale Helpers in the Hong Kong Caritas Bazaar Blood Donation Day Christmas Caroling in the Festival Walk Choir Performance at the St. John Parish and St. Anthony Church Service Learning – Liberal Studies Programme by the Hong Kong Boys and Girls

Club Association

2006 – 2007 Flag Days for various organizations School-based Community Charity Day Dress Special Day by Hong Kong Community Chest Hong Kong Caritas Raffle Ticket Sale Helpers in the Hong Kong Caritas Bazaar Blood Donation Day Christmas Carol in the Festival Walk Performance at the Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral Performance in May Fourth Parade Service Learning – Liberal Studies Programme by the Hong Kong Boys and Girls

Club Association Host of the NetShatin project inauguration

2005 – 2006

Flag Days for various organizations School-based Community Charity Day Dress Causal Day by Hong Kong Community Chest Hong Kong Caritas Raffle Ticket Sale Helpers in the Hong Kong Caritas Bazaar Blood Donation Day

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6. Major Concerns (Achievements and Reflection)

6.1 To provide a Quality Education that strengthens students’ academic performance and character formation Achievements

The school-based EMI policy was implemented and students received a full immersion in an English environment. All the morning announcements, prayers, school assemblies, and the annual speech day were totally conducted in English. Students were motivated to use English through different co-curricular activities on campus outside the classroom such as English-speaking ambassadors, lunch broadcast and English week and so on.

School-based learning and assessment materials were prepared by collaboration among subject teachers in Contemporary Studies (integration of Geography and EPA) to cater for the learning needs of different classes in junior forms.

Teaching Chinese Language in Putonghua was extended to Form 3 and was completed with satisfactory results.

Integration of History and Chinese History into “History Studies” was extended to Form 2. School-based learning and assessment materials were prepared based on students’ needs. Project learning was introduced to enhance subject knowledge and generic skills development among students.

Academic societies were put in charge of planning co-curricular activities that aiming at arousing students’ interest in learning the subjects.

Students were allocated to special Friday afternoon activity schedule to focus in additional learning experience outside regular lessons.

Student performance was reported by subject to reflect students’ strengths and weaknesses. The “One-Student-One Sport & Art” (OSOSA) programme was continued for all junior

form students. Through this programme, school bands were set up successfully. Student charitable act was demonstrated in:

i. the Community Charity Day with more than $40,000 donation. ii. the Blood Donation Day with more than 60 participants.

Moral and Civic Education was enhanced by cooperation with professional bodies: i. all Form 1 students joined the day camp organized by the National Education Center.

ii. all Form 1 and 2 students participated in the Adolescent Health Programme (AHP) organized by the Health Department.

Regular Holy Masses were conducted throughout the year with good student participation. All student leaders attended in-house leadership training courses. Career guidance activities were scheduled throughout the year, especially for students in

public examination classes. Reflection

NSS curriculum planning needs to be more substantial and focused. The virtue curriculum could be further established and different programmes could be

coordinated better to fulfill the objectives of personal formation. Reallocation of Religious Education to Social Science Stream is considered.

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6.2 To enhance teachers’ professionalism for the delivery of a Quality Education Achievements

Collaboration and sharing of good practices among the subject stream through professional support service, collaborative teaching preparation and sharing sessions were introduced in the staff development days in order to support teaching and learning.

The overall professional and individual development plan, especially for preparing teachers for teaching new senior secondary subjects were formulated.

The teacher buddy system was launched. References for different tutoring topics were printed to support tutors. Student Information Management System (SIMS) committee was formed to facilitate the

communication between the users and the system developers and the using of better methodology for the development of IT culture and computer systems.

Notebook computers used by the teachers were upgraded to improve the efficiency in the delivery of teaching.

Computers were installed in the classrooms and the Integrated Learning Centre (ILC) for students to learn through internet during their free time.

Reflection The mentoring programme needs to be evaluated for effectiveness. The tutoring training for new teachers should be formalized. Set up of e-learning website and cyberspace environment in necessary to support the IT

environment. In order to in line with the New Senior Secondary curriculum in 2009, the Technology

Stream should be set up to prepare the coming changes. In order to support the changes in the Other Learning Experiences, the Art and Physical

Education Stream has been set up to formalize the curriculum from junior to senior curricula. To support these changes, teachers should be equipped with proper training in the coming year.

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6.3 To enable parents as the primary educators of their children in partnership with the school for the achievement of a Quality Education Achievements

We entered our third year in running our parenting programme. The contents of the Basic Parenting Seminar this year was strengthened with parts for self-awareness and case studies. It was well attended by over 30 parents who received the certificates jointly issued by the school and PTA.

Parents’ Forums were held for each formation level on regular basis in order to provide communication opportunities between the school and the parents for sharing information on the latest issues and development, e.g. New Senior Secondary curriculum. The forums were well attended by parents.

Formation Level Directors continued to be the PTA teacher representatives so that direct interactions with parents, particularly on parents’ need, were upkept.

Tak Sun Family Fun Day was held successfully with the strong support from PTA, and it helped building the family spirit under the Tak Sun family.

Reflection With the success of the parenting programme run last year as indicated by the feedback and

support from the parents, we will continue the strengthening of the parenting programme this year. In addition to the Basic Parenting Seminar for the Form 1 parents, we will organize the Effective Parenting Workshop for the Form 2 and Form 3 parents.

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7. Financial Summary

1/9/2007 – 31/8/2008 HK$ Income School Fees (net) 6,154,470 DSS Subsidy 29,725,313 Grants & Rates Reimbursement 2,832,614 Donations 52,000 Rental, Interest & Sundry Income 602,730

Total Income 39,367,127 Expenditure Staff Costs 33,841,768 Premises & Equipment Costs 8,352,346 Operating Costs 3,956,063 Grants Expenditure & Rates 2,123,904

Total Expenditure 48,274,081

Surplus / (Deficit) (8,906,954)

8. Key Issues for the new Annual School Plan Student Formation

To provide a Quality Education that strengthens students’ academic performance and character formation

Teacher Formation

To enhance teachers’ professionalism for the delivery of a Quality Education Parent Formation

To enable parents as the primary educators of their children in partnership with the school for the achievement of a Quality Education

Administration

To implement the School Information Management System design, especially on the inventory system.

To strengthen the budgeting function and the planning discipline To fully implement the Performance Appraisal Management System